Ryan executives Rick Collins and Tony Barranco spoke with The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association Thursday night about the firm's proposal for development above a new 1,600-stall parking ramp.

The 150-room hotel will be on the bottom 10 floors, while 200 apartment units would be on the top 17 floors, Barranco said. The top of the ramp (which could be the sixth or seventh floor depending upon the number of stalls) will be covered with grass and include shared amenities for hotel guests and apartment tenants.

The building will have skyway access to the Vikings stadium and downtown. Wide skyways and sidewalks will allow for free movement of pedestrians on Vikings game days. Ryan is also working with the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Authority, the city and Metro Transit on a land bridge for pedestrians to safely cross the light rail tracks at South Fourth Street and Chicago Avenue, where trains will pass every 90 seconds, according to Collins.

Ryan didn't originally include the hotel because the proposal period "was such a quick timeframe" and there were so many moving parts, Barranco said. Plus, Radisson hadn't yet gone public with the new hotel brand.

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